Dishwashing machine



C. E. WING.

DISHWASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-16.1920.

1,405,243. Patnted Jan. 31, 1922.

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DISHWASHING MACHINE.

APPLI4CATION FILED NOV. 16. 1920.

Patented Jan. 31,1922.

SSHEET 2- washing chamber.

It is a still further object of the invention 1 CLAUDE E. WING, OF NEW YORK, N 1.

PATENT OFFlC-E.

DISHWASHI'NG MACHINE.

. i I i 4 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 31 1922 Application filed November 16, 1920. Serial No. 424,393.,

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, CLAUDE E. WING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, College Point, borough of Queen's, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Dishwashing Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I The present invention relates to new and useful Improvements in dish-washing machines, and it pertains more particularly to devices of this character of the power-operated type.

It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a machine for washing dishes in which washing fluid and rinsing fluid may be separately used.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means for separately introducing the washing fluid and rinsing fluid to the to provide mechanism whereby the dishes being washed are subjected to a spray .of'

washing fluid from all angles.

It is a still further object ofthe invention. to provide selective means for operating the impelling means of the washing and rinsing fluids. 1

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawin s, in Whichigure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a machine constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken.

on the line 44 of Fig. 1. 0 Referring more particularly to the drawmgs, the device comprises a lower compart- 'ment' 5 and an upper compartment 6, and said compartments are separated by means of a reservoir divided by a partition 7 into a washing-fluid chamber 8 and a rinsing fluid chamber 9. The washing fluid chamber 8 is provided with a neck or the like 10 by means of which the fluid is introduced into said chamber, and the rinsing fluid chamber 9 is rovided with a neck or the like 11 throng which the rinsing fluid is introduced into the chamber. The supply openm 10 and 11-. of the chambers S and 9 are closed by means of covers or the like 10 and 11', respectively.

The lower compartment 5 is formed of a base 12 and an upper portion 13, preferably held in spaced relation by a cylindrical member 14, and said lower compartment forms the space for the various parts of the mechanlsm for operating the machine.

The two reservoirs 8 and 9 are formed as an integral part of the upper portion 13 of the lower receptacle 5, and this integral structure is provided with a flange 20 upon 1ts upper face. This flange 20 forms the means by which a cylindrical member 31 trally disposed with respect to the lower horizontal member of the rectangular frame,

is a vertical pipe 35, perforated as indicated at 36, and the interior of said pipe communicates with the lower horizontal pipe of the rectangular frame. This lower horizontal pipe of the rectangular frame is provided centrally of its ends with a fitting 37 and said fitting has upon its upper side a flange 38 within which the heretofore mentioned pipe 35 is received, and any suitable means is employed for forming a water-tight joint between said pipe and the interior of the flange 38, which joint, however, is adapted to permit 'of free rotation of the vertical pipe '35 in .a manner to be hereinafter described.

Mounted in the upper or washing compartment 6 is a circular track 40, and said track is supported by brackets 41. Mounted upon the track is a circular rack 84 and said circular rack 84 is substantially T-shaped in cross section to provide an inwardl projecting flange 84 upon which the has et 42 is adapted to rest. By this construction it is-apparent that when the basket rests upon the circular rack and the circular rack is driven, the basket will be revolved within and 5t, and said clutches are operated by means of a collar reciprocated longitudinally of the shaft 52 by means of a lever 56 pivoted as at 57. This lever '56 has an, operating rod 58 pivotally secured thereto as at 59, the other end of said rod being PIVOt SLHY connected as at 60 to the lever 61 carried by a verticall extending shaft 62,

which latter is provi edon its upper end with; an operating handle 63.

Mounted adjacent to the clutch member 53, is a pump 64, and mounted adjacent to the clutch member 54:,is a pump 65. These clutches and pumps are so arranged that as the clutch 53 is operatively connected, the pump 64 will be driven, and as the clutch 54 is operatively connected, the pump 65 will be driven.

Ext-ending fromthe washing fluid chamber 8 to the pump 64, is a pipe-line 70, and extending from the pump 65, is a pipe-line This ipe-line 71 communicates with a centrallyisposed' pipe 73, by means of a pipe 72, and said pi e 73 communicates with the lower arm of t e rectan ular frame 33 heretofore mentioned. Lea ing from the lower portion of the pump 6t, is a pipe 76,

and said pipe 74: is provided on its outer end with a spigot or the like 75, by means of which said pump 64: may be drained.

Leading from the rinsing fluid chamber 9, is a p1pe -76, and the lower end of said pipe 7 6 is connected to the pump 65. Lead mg from the pump 65 to the pipe 73, are pipes 77 and 78, the pipe 7 8' being connected to the pipe 73.

- The sections 72 and 78 are provided with valves 79 and 86, respectively, by means or which the dew from either of the pumps 64 or 65 may be cut 06. The inner end of the motor shaft is provided with a bevel gear 81,

and said bevel gear meshes with a bevel gear 82 carried upon the lower end of a vertical shaft 83-,the upper end of which is provided witha gear 86 meshing with the rack 44'; of the be et, which mechanism forms the means by whichthe basket is rotated within the rectangular frame 33.

. Mounted beneath the washing-fluid chamher 8 and the rinsing-fluid chamber 9 are gas burners 90 and 91, by means of which the fluids in the separate chambers may be separately heated.

. lheading'irom the pump 65, is a pipe 65', and pipe 65 is provided with a faucet or the like 66', by means of which the pump 65 may be drained.

The upper com artment 6 is provided with a door 106 hinged as at 101 in order that the same may swing to the open posi-.

tion, and "permit of insertion'of the basket 62. vThebasket'eomtainin. the articles to be washed is pamed throng the door openin and positioned within the receptacle 6, wit the lower end of the central pipe 35 received vious that if so desire mosses The operating handle 63 is now grasped and rocked to the leftin Fig. 1 which operation engages the clutch 53and starts an operation of the pump 64. This operation of the pump 64' causes a circulation of the washing fluid through the pipe 70, pump 64, pipes 71, 72 and 73, to the rectangular spraying frame, and said fluid is projected into the basket into contact with the articles to be washed. After this operation has been carriedout to a point where the articles have been 'sufiiciently cleaned, the operating lever is shifted to the opposite side which action disengages the clutch 53 and engages the clutch 54:. As theclutch 5a is engaged the rinsin fluid from the reservoir 9 is umped through the pipe 76, pump 65, pipe 77, and to the pipe 73, from whence it is discharged through the rectangular frame, into contact with the articles bein washed, in order that they may be proper y rinsed. After. this operation has been completed, the basket isremoved from the chamber 6, and the cleansed articles removed from said basket.

only necessary to operate the valves 66' and 75 when a thorough drainin of said reservoir through the pipes 7 6 an 7 8 will be had.

In order to drain. the reservoir itself, it is While in the present instance, no showing is made of an automatic means for operating the clutches 53 and 54:, it is obvious that a suitable timing mechanism ma be coupled therewith in order that the mac ine may operate automatically ifdesired.

Access to the lower receptacle 5 is bad by means or a door 165 hinge ly mounted as at 106 in order that repairs and the like may be made to the operating mechanism of the device.

While in the present instance the basket is shown as of the vertical type adapted to revolve within a rectan lar frame, it is obsuitable means may be employed for driving the rectangular frame around a stationary basket, and in a construction of this kind, it will here be stated that where the. frame 33 is revolved relatively to the basket, the basket and frame may be positioned in a horizontal plane, if desired.

From, the foregoing it willbe seen that the grese'nt invention providesa device in which ishes may be first washed and then s'ubjected to a rinsing operation without-a dupli cation or mechanism except the containers for the two hands, and a separate pump for operating each, and, furthermore, the invenice" tion provides a simple device which occupies but comparatively small space, thus making it especially adaptable for household use.

I claim:

A dish-washing machine comprising a washing chamber, a stationary circular track mounted in said washing chamber, a dishcarrying receptacle, mounted for rotating movement upon said track, said dish-carrying receptacle being formed of a foraminous material and having a central vertical compartment of relatively small diameter, a rectangular perforated frame within which thedish-carryin receptacle is adapted to rotate,

a perforate pipe projecting 'from said frame and lying within the relatively small vertical compartment of the disli carrying receptacle, means for rotating said dish-carrying receptacle within the perforated frame, and meansfor supplying a washing 20 fluid to said frame.

CLAUDE E. WING. 

